tintype
Americannoun
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Photography. ferrotype.
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Slang. not on your tintype, absolutely not.
Ask her again? Not on your tintype!
noun
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Origin of tintype
Example Sentences
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Sunny Mills, a set decorator who lost her home in the Eaton fire, is taking tintype photos of Altadena residents at their burned properties.
From Los Angeles Times
Skilled in tintype photography, Mills has leaned into her hobby since Jan. 7, using a pair of cameras she was given and whatever nervous energy she has to head out into the community, shooting pictures of Altadenans with the structures they’ve lost.
From Los Angeles Times
Around since the 1850s, tintype photography captures a still image on a thin metal plate coated with dark lacquer or enamel.
From Los Angeles Times
Mills takes the photos with her Burke & James Watson 5x7 camera — given to her after the fires by some friends who also dabble in tintype photography — asking subjects to stand still for just one second while she snags the shot.
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When her friend and tintype mentor came to town, the pair went to Mills’ old property to poke around.
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